Help us Judge the Top100 best Independent Wines
Welcome the The Wine Merchant Top 100 for 2023!
We invite you to join us, as one of the judges made up of a panel of about 40 independent wine merchants.
What is the aim of the competition?
The goal of the WM Top 100 is to create a buyers’ guide to some of the best
wines currently available exclusively in independent retail.
We are asked to judge each wine the same way as we would if buying for Fredricks. That means absolute quality comes first, but we also need to consider the commercial potential of each wine.
We will receive between 70-90 wines, arranged into various flights. The tickets for the evening tasting are for a walk around tasting, you are free to taste and score as many or few as you wish.
There are a few limited places to join me in the afternoon prior to the ticketed event, as part of the official scoring panel please drop me an email for more info.
The winning wines will be unveiled at the London Wine Fair in May.
We’re looking forward to another terrific competition, and one that reflects the quality, diversity and value that independent wine merchants.
No wine tasting experience is necessary, I am just really keen to see what you like and how this compares to my scores.